The impact of transport on business locations

The aim of this research was to gain a quantified understanding of business location, particularly the role of transport within this, and implement that understanding within a model that can be used for forecasting the number of jobs in each area of the country. A substantial part of the project was devoted to assembling time series data for the two case study areas, Milton Keynes and South and West Yorkshire.

Final report (4 Mb)

The final report on the impact of transport on business location decisions.

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06 September 2007

Area audit report (641 kb)

An area audit report carried out to gain a quantified understanding of business location, particularly the role of transport within this, and implement that understanding within a model that can be used for forecasting the number of jobs in each area of the country.

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06 September 2007

Case study data issues (683 kb)

A report that focuses on the availability of data for the study.

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06 September 2007

Milton Keynes transport review (159 kb)

A review of the provision of transport around Milton Keynes.

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06 September 2007

Milton Keynes progress report (1 Mb)

This report describes the progress on 'model development'.

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06 September 2007

Note: Model zoning (901 kb)

This note explains the rationale for choosing the geographic boundaries for the two case studies that were developed as part of the Department for Transport research project on Business Locations - Milton Keynes and South and West Yorkshire.

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06 September 2007

Note: Model of developers and businesses (629 kb)

This note describes work done to develop a model of how developers might behave, and how businesses respond to the infrastructure the developers provide.

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06 September 2007

Appendix A: The brief

This brief outlines the aim of the project, the general approach taken, and the project structure.

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06 September 2007

Appendix B: Interim final version (1 Mb)

This was the first report scheduled to be produced for the study. It is an extended Inception Report, that was designed to set out overall objectives for the work, summarise a literature review, review data requirements and potential sources that might be used for the work, provide an initial outline of the model formulation, and suggest two case study areas in which to implement the model.

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06 September 2007

Appendix C: McCann transport and business locations

A report, written by Professor Philip McCann, on modern spatial transactions costs, business location behaviour, and transportation infrastructure.

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06 September 2007

Appendix D: Iain Docherty

This document summarises the main results from a major empirical analysis of businesses' decision-making processes regarding relocation and related issues.

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06 September 2007

Appendix E: Other material reviewed (8 kb)

A bibliography for the project.

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06 September 2007

Appendix F: Transport generalised costs

This document summarises how Census Travel to Work data can be used to estimate transport costs in the absence of network data.

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06 September 2007

Appendix G: Growth patterns in Milton Keynes (1 Mb)

This report looks at how patterns of business activity in Milton Keynes changed over the 1990s, on the basis of the data against which the model was benchmarked.

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06 September 2007

Appendix H: The recruitment model (55 kb)

A ' Dynamic Urban Model' exists that includes a recruitment model that simulates how people are recruited into employment. This recruitment model was incorporated into the model built for the Department for Transport and this note outlined how it worked.

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06 September 2007

Appendix I: Milton Keynes road network

In order to be able to produce more accurate road travel data for 1991, it was necessary to edit the 2000 road network. This note documents the changes, and any assumptions that were made for each scheme.

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06 September 2007

Appendix J: A review paper by Dr Iain Docherty

The purpose of this report was to provide an independent academic review of the work carried out on the project.

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06 September 2007

Appendix K: A report by Professor Philip McCann

A rationale, written by Professor Philip McCann, for the project the 'Impact of Transport on Business Locations'.

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06 September 2007

Appendix L: Part 1 outline workshop

The proposed programme for a workshop comprising property developers and agents.

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06 September 2007

Appendix L: Part 2 British land meeting

Minutes of a meeting held between Steer Davies Gleave and British Land.

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06 September 2007